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Encyclopedia Britannica



MANCHESTER

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 550 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MAL-MAR
MANCHESTER , a former city of Chesterfield county, Virginia, U.S.A., (on the S. side of the James river), since 1910 a
part
  of Richmond. Pop. (1900), 9715, of whom 3338 were negroes; (1906 estimate), 9997. It is served by the
Atlantic
 
Coast
  Line, the Seaboard Air Line, and the Southern railways, by electric lines to Richmond and
Petersburg
 , and by numerous river boats. It is finely situated in a bend of the river, with about 2 M. of water front; on the heights above is Forest Hill park, a pleasure resort, and adjacent to it Woodland Heights, a beautiful residential
district
 . From the surrounding country come much agricultural produce, coal,
lumber
 , bricks and granite. There is a good harbour and excellent water power. Among the manufactures are
paper
 , flour,
cotton
  goods, leather,brick,railway supplies, &c. The value of the city's factory products increased from $1,621,358 in 1900 to $3,226,268 in 1905, or 99%.


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